{
  "id": 19883266,
  "title": "FAA issues rare nationwide ground stop",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/faa-issues-rare-nationwide-ground-stop",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-13T22:52:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Semafor",
    "slug": "semafor",
    "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/11/13/2026/faa-issues-rare-nationwide-ground-stop"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recently imposed a rare nationwide ground stop on all domestic flights, following a suspected major outage in its air communications system. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin disclosed that, at present, there are no indications of malicious intent, such as a terrorist or cyber attack, and the situation is being treated as a \"telecommunication outage.\" It remains uncertain when flights will resume or for how long the order will persist, although stocks of airlines were impacted. Shares of American Airlines plummeted over 2% in extended trading, while United Airlines shares declined by 1.6%. This is the third instance of such an order issued by the FAA; the previous two occurred in January 2023 and following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The grounding has led to significant disruptions at airports nationwide, and airlines are currently preparing for substantial delays.",
  "summary": "Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that, for now, the Trump administration does not suspect any nefarious causes.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "FAA issues ground stop for all US airports due to 'extraordinary circumstances'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/faa-issues-ground-stop-for-all-us-airports-due-to-extraordinary",
        "published": "2026-11-13T21:43:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "What to know about the rare nationwide ground stop issued by the FAA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/what-to-know-about-the-rare-nationwide-ground-stop-issued-by-the-faa",
        "published": "2026-11-13T23:56:08.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}